Seesmic - Video conversation company secures $6 million in series B
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June 23rd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Seesmic, the online video conversation platform has secured a $6 million second round of funding co-led by Omidyar Network and Wellington Partners. Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder, will join the company board. The new round brings the total funding amount raised by Seesmic to $12 million.
Seesmic enables users to share experiences on blogs, social networks and with each other by uploading videos straight from their webcam or mobile device.
The company plans to use the money to
- Accelerate platform development
- Expand the seesmic platform to have conversations where ever you want - across social networks, blogs, mobile devices and personal websites.
- Increase mobile capabilities
- Grow internationally through a localization strategy
The company also announced that it has just launched a stand alone player that allows for threaded comments (conversation) within Seesmic embeds, delivering the entire conversation where ever the embed is shown.
SOURCE: Seesmic.com , VentureWire
